# Guitarist question... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 14, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153 "2000-09-14T06:10:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153/21 "2000-09-19T00:15:41Z")
I started out with an acoustic (in fact, that’s the only type I own, but when I can get my hands on an electric I rip on that, too). The first song I ever learned was “Blowin’ In The Wind” by John Denver. I learned that one from a chord sheet in five minutes and had it memorized the next day. That was just strumming, though. I worked out my own method of finger-picking (kind of like a banjo roll), which is what I usually use because chord-strumming seems so, I don’t know, plain. The first song I ever learned to play EXACTLY like it is on the recording, using a variation on my style of finger-picking (which is actually completely different, since I’m imitating exactly what’s on the CD) was Garth Brooks’ “The Thunder Rolls”, which is still my favorite song to play. ---
**Author:** ![Sequent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Sequent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sequent)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153/22 "2000-09-19T04:11:04Z")
‘wish you were here’ by Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153/23 "2000-09-19T12:59:51Z")
Some Cat Stevens and Dan Fogelberg tunes. Forget which ones. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153/24 "2000-09-19T13:05:33Z")
Probably ‘Desire’ by U2. Simple, straightforward. And hell, it’s got a Bo Diddly beat! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitarist-question/33153.md?page=1)